Joe Genewich

Full Name: Joseph Edward Genewich	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/174	First Game: September 3, 1922
Birthdate: January 15, 1897	Final Game: July 27, 1930
Birthplace: Elmira, New York	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: December 21, 1985
Deathplace: Lockport, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 15, 1897 in Elmira, New York, Joe Genewich (Joseph Edward Genewich) played for the Boston Braves and New York Giants over the course of his 9 year career. Genewich broke into the bigs on September 3, 1922 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 3.72 ERA in 227.1 innings pitched in 1923, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joe Genewich's best season was 1928, when he posted a 3.50 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 52 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1922	BOS	N	6	2	0	2	7.04	4	19	18	1	0	0	23	29	2	11	0	0
1923	BOS	N	43	24	13	14	3.72	54	110	94	12	1	1	227.1	272	15	46	2	7
1924	BOS	N	34	27	10	19	5.21	43	136	116	11	2	1	200.1	258	4	65	4	8
1925	BOS	N	34	21	12	10	3.99	34	87	75	10	0	0	169	185	4	41	3	6
1926	BOS	N	37	26	8	16	3.88	59	114	93	12	2	2	216	239	6	63	5	6
1927	BOS	N	40	19	11	8	3.83	38	93	77	7	0	1	181	199	7	54	1	2
1928	NY	N	26	18	11	4	3.18	37	62	56	10	2	3	158.1	136	10	54	2	1
1928	BOS	N	13	11	3	7	4.13	15	43	37	4	0	0	80.2	88	14	18	1	3
1928	TOT	N	39	29	14	11	3.50	52	105	93	14	2	3	239	224	24	72	3	4
1929	NY	N	21	9	3	7	6.78	19	70	64	1	0	1	85	133	9	30	2	1
1930	NY	N	18	9	2	5	5.61	13	44	38	3	0	3	61	71	6	20	2	1
Total			272	166	73	92	4.29	316	778	668	71	7	12	1401.2	1610	77	402	22	35

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	AVG
1922	BOS	N	P	6	2	23	0	5	0	0	3	1.000
1923	BOS	N	P	43	0	0	17	58	2	1	0	.974
1924	BOS	N	P	34	0	0	3	50	0	4	0	1.000
1925	BOS	N	P	34	0	0	8	36	4	5	0	.917
1926	BOS	N	P	37	0	0	15	53	2	4	0	.971
1927	BOS	N	P	40	0	0	8	40	0	2	0	1.000
1928	NY	N	P	26	0	0	5	41	1	2	0	.979
1928	BOS	N	P	13	0	0	3	24	0	1	0	1.000
1928	TOT	N	P	39	0	0	8	65	1	3	0	.986
1929	NY	N	P	21	0	0	6	19	2	1	0	.926
1930	NY	N	P	18	0	0	4	23	1	2	0	.964
Total			P	272	2	23	69	349	12	22	3	.972

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1922	BOS	N	6	6	1	1	1	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1923	BOS	N	43	77	7	19	6	.247	.275	.299	4	0	3	8	0	1	0
1924	BOS	N	34	60	4	10	2	.167	.219	.183	1	0	3	9	1	5	0
1925	BOS	N	34	55	5	15	5	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	10	0	4	0
1926	BOS	N	37	67	3	11	2	.164	.222	.194	0	1	4	8	1	5	0
1927	BOS	N	40	57	3	11	5	.193	.207	.211	1	0	1	9	0	3	0
1928	NY	N	26	64	5	13	6	.203	.215	.203	0	0	1	6	0	2	0
1928	BOS	N	13	26	0	1	0	.038	.074	.038	0	0	1	4	0	4	0
1928	TOT	N	39	90	5	14	6	.156	.174	.156	0	0	2	10	0	6	0
1929	NY	N	25	32	7	12	2	.375	.375	.375	0	0	0	5	0	0	1
1930	NY	N	21	20	2	3	1	.150	.150	.200	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total			279	464	37	96	30	.207	.232	.226	7	1	13	62	2	25	1

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (August 29, 1922).
Traded by Boston Braves to New York Giants in exchange for Ben Cantwell, Al Spohrer, Bill Clarkson and Virgil Barnes (June 15, 1928).

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